HOW?Positivity during sessions by Spitfiree, June 10
How do i get out of this emotional loophole im into while im playing poker? Im not sure if i run like shit or just play bad anymore. Every time i stick my money in even as a major favorite im absolutely sure i ll lose maybe thats why im running ~40 bi below ev last 70k hands. Tried having a nice long break from poker but that didnt seem to solve my problem. Ideas ? How do you deal with the insecure periods during your huge downswings ? Share
It's after my session, I did what I had to today so I decided to write a small update on what's new.
Monitoring
I am not good at it, and I need a more structured and categorized system, but I do it daily, and at least in the evening/next day morning when I have one of my weak times I got this form for each day and put in food, time eaten and then what I did like poker/gym/exercise. You can see the bank form here: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BwrEcqGbtyFKMDBlYjMzYjMtNGE4Yi00ODBhLTgwOGEtYTRkYmJkMzU5YmY3&sort=name&layout=list&num=50][/url]
There is also a planning sheet, where I have the week divided into days and slots, but I find it hard to use it right now, it's just too much fun doing what I like during the day to spoil it with rigid planning, but I will definitely have to start using it.
I write everything each day, and then do review once per week to look for patterns, what's good and what's not, when I was tired, energized, and I write down things that are good and that are not, you can see the list after a mere 1 week here: + Show Spoiler +
Good
-Sex in the morning
-Feel Good music (Tiesto, Robyn, Nightmusic) whenever
-Shadow boxing or walk or any mild excercise in the morning
-Soy Coconut drink after waking up (has quite a bit of sugar)
-Carbs throughout the morning, bananas are good
-Protein around lunch time - BCAA Pre workout, Protein shake post
Made me feel full not hungry at all later in the day"
-Gym Routine -
1) 7min warm up/stretch
2) 25 min curcuits
3) ABS/Chest/Biceps to failure
4) Pool-swim+jacuzzi, no sauna
I feel powered up yet not tired"
-Socialising with a lot of communiocation/joking.
Live informal poker works too. Socialising without active communication = much lower effect"
-Drinking water throughout the day
Bad
Fat - any form when it's more than moderate amount, even Avocado nuts and olives and fish. 100% of the time made me tired/tilt
Sauna Mid-day (TBC)
Binge before bed - whole next day was fucked
Going out without a plan - it forced me to eat junk food.
Food
In the first week it was my standard - I had about 4 hours when I actually felt good in the whole week. I binged several times, once even on vegetables - I ate so much until I felt ill, but the next morning didn't feel as bad as usual and I actually could do stuff
A great help was GGPLZ here on LP, he knows his stuff. I actually drafted two big ass PMs and they got deleted, sorry for that David.
He pointed out and I have confirmed something weird - I seem to have adverse reaction to dietary fat. Every single time I wrote down the 'brain fog' state that I often have (fatigue, fog like feeling where my eyes de-focus and it feels like I am not in my body, and I feel generally low) I have eaten more than a drizzle of dietary fat, and it happened even after eating fish and avocado and olives, or the healthy fats.
It works without fail The same reaction doesn't happen when I eat carbs, including sugar when it has low amount of fat. I did some research and there were no studies really showing a correlation between consumption of healthy fat and bad mood, but fat is what I am avoiding apart from minimal amount on stir fries and omega oil supplement in the morning, and I feel so much better on days when I manage to avoid eating fat.
I also found out I need to snap bomb myself with simple carbs in the morning to get started along with a vitamin supplement and omega oil. My GF bought some soy coconut milk with quite bit of sugar in it, and it works great to give me the kick in the morning I need.
I also eat regularly, and I have to since my monitoring sheet has columns for food and it just sucks writing down 'SKIPPED' since this is my no.1 commitment. So far it happened just once, today when I was enjoying my poker session and hand review too much (and I finished all bananas last night). After doing the review and finding about the fat as a trigger this Monday I went out of control just once when I went with my girlfriend to the city and there was this new American bistro open. One hot dog with cheese ensured that my whole afternoon was fucked up, and I followed it up with a large mocha at Starbucks, 2 double cheeseburgers and 2 fried chicken stuff and coke at McD. But the regularity is working great, and it sure does feel great to not truly binge for 4 whole days.
I also went on to follow GGPLZ's advice and loaded on fruit veg munching. Two things that I really love are mango and bananas. Local supermarket sells bananas at some £0.68 or $1/KG so they are dead cheap and a large mango costs just £.87p. I actually allow myself to eat bananas in between regular meals, as keeping blood glucose levels steady is very important for balanced mood, and bananas are also good for serotonin (see lower section).
I also try to always keep water next to my desk and drink a ton during the day. I read some literature and I am actually supposed to drink some 3L of water every day (Including that from food)
Exercise
I found a great routine that is both fun and challenging:
5 Min dressing room: think about what I want to achieve, specific exercises and imagine performing them
7 min warmup: 4 min some cardio machine, 3 min movements and stretches that mimic what I'll do in the session
20-30 Minutes: Circuits, 45s perform one, 15s break, 45s perform another one, 8-10 in total. 2 min break and go again.
The only rule is that the exercises should work large muscle groups, and include need for balance if possible. I got about 30 different things I can do from various magazines and experience, my improvisation or this workout:
This is great for weight loss, overall fitness and it's a brutal cardio. I always finish with shadow boxing with weights to show that bastard in the mirror who's boss
10 Minutes: Isolation moves into failure. This I do for fun and for that confidence boost, I usually do biceps and bench press, but I plan to add more exercises once I get bored of these two (hardly ;P). Basically you use as much weight that forces you to be unable to do 10 reps and you fail somewhere, this creates microtears in your muscles and speeds up growth.
5 minutes: ABS
5 minutes: stretching. This is well important but so easy to skip when you are exhausted. I do this in the pool sometimes, and it's always nice to go for a swim and Jacuzzi. When I don't go to the pool after session I at least use hot and cold water several times in the shower as that relaxes your muscles.
This routine doesn't fuck me up completely and gives me a good balance. I used to do 1min and 15s in the circuits but it was too much for me, so now I am hoping to just do more circuits (I can do 2 now). Doing the isolation moves and ABS after I catch my breath from the circuits also ensures that my muscles are properly warmed up and ready to pump to exhaustion.
On non-workout days I just go for a run or swim when I feel like it. On Monday I had so much energy that I couldn't stop myself but to go for a run
I also always try to do something in the morning, just 5-10 minutes to get me started. Variety is very important for me so it can be jumping jacks, sex, a brisk walk, shadow boxing, swimming etc. just something that gets wakes me up and starts my metabolism. I'd usually wake up, do the dump, put on contacts, wash my face, get some quick carb boost like the coconut soy milk or a banana and supplements and then I am onto the the small excercise before the rest of my breakfast.
Serotonin and dopamine
I did a lot of research into this, as I think lack of serotonin is one of the triggers for my overeating and compulsive behavior + Show Spoiler +
Serotonin
Is a neurotransmitter influenced by scarcity of resources, including heat warmth, material resources, but also social contact etc. It also depletes when you are losing money or do badly in poker (even when it doesn’t significantly affect us).
Decreased serotonin means the brain is telling us we need something and that our resources are getting low.
Lack of serotonin causes:
- Obsessive and compulsive tendencies
- Aggressive behaviour
- Depression and bad mood– if you are depressed often, see a therapist.
-loss of appetite, insomnia or excessive sleep, memory impairment, and changes in mood and behavior. Other symptoms include anxiety, lethargy, mania, impulsive behavior and low sex drive. Low levels of serotonin are also associated with increased cravings of carbohydrates and an increased sensitivity to pain
Ways to boost Serotonin
Try to know why you feel bad
• Diverse positive social life – longterm serotonin generation. Go see someone
• Exercise – Cardio, Variety. At least 30 mins, 3x per week will boost serotonin. Variety curbs boredom. Team sports are awesome (Social experience+exercise) Yoga – Blood Circulation and flexibility and serotonin.
• Eat complex carbs, avoid fats, supply B6 Vitamin, Bananas, Chicken
• Do what makes you happy – pampering, favourite music, time with loved ones, walk
• Warm shower in the morning and/or movement
• Sunlight
• Avoid stress, and when in stressful environment schedule time for a good book or meditation
• Force structure on your life, use meditation/heavy concentration http://www.angelfire.com/hi/TheSeer/seratonin.html
NEED BETTER MOOD/RELAXED: CARBS>PROTEIN
-complex carbs, high carb low protein increases Serotonin
NEED TO BE MORE ALERT: PROTEIN>CARBS
-High Protein low carbs boosts domamine
MINIMISE NON-OMEGA FATS IN BOTH CASES
Dopamine
Affects energy, alertness
Ways to boost
• Protein
• Time of the day – lowest in the morning and late at night
• Avoid stress
• Avoid drugs, alcohol, caffeine and sugar
• Avoid isolation (socialise)
• Almonds, avocados, bananas, dairy products, lima beans, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds
• Exercise
Basically you need to do the things listed and find things that make you feel good/generate serotonin and schedule time for them throughout the day. Not doing this is why you see so many poker players burnout, and it can be very hard at times. Besides eating, this is my main non-poker focus.
Poker
I had one of the aha moments in last days, when thinking about this: http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/973442/Your_scripts_.html and observing my play and train of thought. Basically through the few years I played the game for fun and because I just love observing people and finding patterns I became completely detached from my own range and my own play and especially hand strength, and hand strenght is often very low in my thinking scripts and many times not even there at all.
I saw what I did and e.g. I called Q8s to a 3bet against an unknown, and got stacked with a retarded line. Or I spewed against a check minraise and showed river with total air. My immediate standard reaction is not ask myself what my play was, but thinking completely about villain, his motivation, how can I exploit him and adjust etc. My intuitive thought process starts with metagame, villain's range, his likely thought process, often my mood and only then there is space for constructing my own range and playing my hand relative strength. When this happens the whole feedback loop simply disappears, as I don't scrutinize my game, I have no standard and I only focus on villains.
I turned for help to a video a series I just glanced over previously, but that is so amazing for a guy like me. It's Amateur to Pro, and the student is Lee Davy. He was playing on the side of his job, was watching all videos out there and was a fan of Giggy.. and he was also breakeven FPS monkey. He quit his $100k+ job to play poker and write about poker, and the series is about teaching overall solid ABC game to a guy like him.
It builds on the following principles:
• Select cards pre-flop that have great postflop barrel possibilities (they have a lot of equity).
• Dominate others, and avoid being dominated (very important).
• Avoid marginal situations that make no money.
• Look in database, and if a hand is not profitable and you don’t know why, just remove it from your range until you find out why.
UTG+MP Opening ranges
Core ATs+, KQs, AJo+22+)
• Do open 22-55 in most games
• If you are struggling, cut hands to core rangeThen add baby aces, 67s-98s.
• ! LOWISH SOOTED BROADWAYS – NOT WITH REGS! Otherwise you are being dominated too much oop
CO Opening Range
Core : (ATo+,KQo+,AXs, Suited broadways, 22+)
+ Normal guys behind - Add: Broadways, 76s+=>K8s, J9s Q9s=>75s+
+ Tight guys behind – Add: AXo, 2 gappers, KXs. Suited connected=Good.
Fish behind – Broadways, high KXo. High card –good
BU Opening Range
Core: AXs+ AXo+, 65s+ K8s, Q8s, T8s, all broadways.
Combined f to st: 140+ wide, 160+100%
SB Opening Range
70% and lower overall fold to steal: 77+ AXs+, A9o+, Broadways !22-66 SHOULDN’T BE A PART OF A TIGHT RANGE!
Cold calling range
! Cut it out, 5% no higher (VPIP minus PFR)
CORE MP: Against regs, call QQ+AK v UTG, UTG+1 (and KQs, AQs, 22+) On tables with a lot of squeezing, fold 22-77
CORE CO: 22+, AJs, AQs, AQo, KQs. Avoid calling lower broadways like JTs KTs to avoid domination
If they bet fold >50% on flop, ADD: hands that connect well and have equity often: 65s-98s, AXs.
BU vs CO: against 20%+raise;
CORE: All suited broadways, ATo+, A9s+22+, if they fold add AXs, midsc
• When a guy opens AXs, add ATo, AJo
• Against people that fold to a flop raise and cbet a lot, call a lot of 78s AXs+ raise flops, then add sc and then gappers
• Look at who is in the blinds, 22-66 can be 3bet IP when people squeeze in blinds A LOT
Blinds OOP:
• V EP: Very tight range
• V LP: Sooted broadways, ATo, AJo, 22+, C/R a decent amount, add small AXs first.
V people who fold a lot : You can add AQ, AJ
• Mid SCs are not that good
• C/R OVERS+BACKDOOR. GIVE UP ON TURN UNIMPROVED.
Sizing:
UTG, UTG: 1 – 3.5
CO: 3
BU 2.5
Isolating Limpers
Size: 4-4.5 BB
IP:
Core on MP, OOP: AXs, A8o+, 77+, all broadways, T8s+, T9o+ - top pair potential and barrel potential
ADD: If they fold a 65%+ to cbet, a lot of suited hands, AXo
OOP: Tighten up
MULTIPLE LIMPERS: Slightly stronger
!22-55 AND LOW SC SHOULD BE OVERLIMPED (Unless you know they fold a lot on flop)
-You don’t have much flop potential
Fundamentals
• Select cards pre-flop that have great postflop barrel possibilities (they have a lot of equity).
• Dominate others, and avoid being dominated (very important).
• Avoid marginal situations that make no money.
• Look in database, and if a hand is not profitable and you don’t know why, just remove it from your range.
!EXCERCISE: Open villain’s range from e.g. CO, and construct a cold calling range that is good against that
!PREPARE FOR A COACHING SESSION:
• List of hands with reads
• Stats
• Feelings
• Make a journal every day/week
It's amazing that I take a ton of notes, can feel what players think, but without thinking about my own range composition and hand strength first it's like trying to build a skyscraper on muddy soil.
I disregard the advice of many, and I play 6 tables and add more when I have energy, and what I am focusing now is not new amazing concepts, not taking more notes, not high stakes videos, not how to exploit villains with creative lines, but how to play fundamental poker with the above principles, and with focusing on my thought process always starting with 'what hand do I actually have' and then the rest . I balance the potential lack of focus by off the table work, and I do a lot of it, after every session.
I also put in a small journal just for poker, where I write down mistakes, hands, advice, successes etc. and I have it always open. It's just 2 days so far but it's nice to have this and I will include it in my weekly review (Each Monday I can't touch poker, and I just to chores, go explore Edinburgh and do review of my sheets)
9 June
-I 4bet KTo v unknown 5-2.25
- I snap called a 3b with J4s and floated low cards
- I get into check call mode when scarecards hit http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909044
• AK 3b 455r v spewy midstack when I 3b : Check /Shove unless he check behind a decent amount
-I sometimes confuse ABC with playing weak, e.g. here where I should vbet turn: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909051
- I autobarrel turned draw, even when the card hits enemy range http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909065 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909073-
Cleaner liked this one though if I shove river. I don’t think I should do it at NL25 though v unknown, people are idiots. My play was intuitive
10/6
-I tilted at the start of the session, while talking at the forums. I like to bluff unknowns, early in the session. It was impulsive, I can’t even remember calling PF and raising http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909133
ACTION: NEED PRE-SESSION ROUTINE/CHECKLIST
- I 2 barrelled with no reason
-I chickened out with a set on flush heavy board against a guy that is stationy and most likely knows I am aggro, ewww http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909157
- I checked my stats, and I play 19/15 and just 56% cbet, I should look for more cbet spots, especially with my tight ranges!
-when I have a weak TP on a super draw heavy board and an overcard comes, it’s a good time to barrel for value as most villains will raise 2p+on flop , and I get the chance to barrel river overcard: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/909158
Blog
Apparently people make some small amount of money blogging? Also a couple guys on DC said that besides some future potential income a blog is like a business card. I got loads of data and let's face it LP blog is hard to categorize and for frequent updates, so I will try to find some free time to set up a professional looking blog in the future, one that's +ev to write in my free time, and I will also use it to publish my psychology research related to poker when I have time for it, and spend a couple hours per week working updating it at least with my weekly reviews. LP blog would be too crammed and nobody would read that stuff anyway
Job
As planned I applied for some part-time jobs. I want to work 2 days per week to cover my rent and avoid compulsive grinding where I don't focus on fundamentals. I am going for nothing demanding, a couple festival jobs that include meet&greet, and some customers service, and I am trying to find a manual job outside, but I am not sure where to look for those. It would be free Serotonin, Dopamine AND money
I want to do this until at least I beat NL50 for a good winrate with a solid bankroll again, and when I do and poker hourly will be near normal job I will just do a day of volunteering every week to maintain my social skills, and to also feel good and feel like I am contributing. I am far from being there yet though.
Well that's about it for the update. Next week I got my Graduation Ceremony where I will get my diploma and say byebye to University (thankfully my GF studies for Masters until October so I can keep abusing the library. I read about 5 books on nutrition and binge eating in the last 2 weeks, and there is a lot of interesting stuff there that relates to helping with poker/balanced life and mood ). I must say I am absolutely loving this, and I got loads and loads off work ahead of me, but it feels like I am on the right track and getting my life back.
P.S. One thing I have to say is that you guys shouldn't write down LP as a strategy forum just yet. If you put in the work you will get the answers, and I have to thank all you great people like GGPLZ, Tom, Gororok, Evilsky, Oly, Patti, ROb, Sunny, Sroggoz and everyone else who spend their valuable time replying to hands and giving away free advice and more. DC is good for theory and some great discussions, Pokerstrategy is paid to give professional advice, and there is a lot of stuff on 2p2 but there is nothing like LP when it comes to closeness of the community. Plus the ROFL Thread makes you feel good and it is very healthy if you spend a few minutes each day(not hours as it's a free serotonin boost. Remember, scheduling time for what makes you tick and feel good is very important
I just wanted to get some things straightened out, specifically on the subject of online poker in the US. About two months ago, the US gov seized the top online poker domains.
Now, does that mean only those top sites (pokerstars, fulltilt, etc) were restricted to US residents? Would I be able to legally join an alternate poker site?
Sorry, I've been busy with other things and just found out about this news.
So I'm going to Austria from the 12th through the 19th of June. During the week I will be staying in Poysdorf a village in Austrian wine country. On the weekend I will be in Vienna. Basically I'm going to be on my own during the week while my friend works in the Czech Republic so I need shit to do in either Austria or the Czech Republic. I was thinking about taking a day trip to either Prague or Salzburg.
I know we have a lot of euros on LP and I would like your guys recommendations.
Here's the hotel that I'm staying at during the week in wine country: Hotel Veltlin
Thankfully I managed to get my money off FTP before the Ivey scandal, but I just received $19.89 of remaining rakeback and the minimun cashout amount is $50. So I have to put $30.11 to complete $50 and then try to cashout... Should I try this? I feel like FTP will screw me... anyone want to trade? I want PS.
NastyDrone mucked
> juarnes2 wins €197 with a Straight, Nine high
(9d 8c 7d 6h 5s)
> NastyDrone brought €95.80 to the table
> NastyDrone posted small blind (€0.50)
> juarnes2 posted big blind (€1)
> Game # 3,945,054,273 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards (Ks Jd)
> NastyDrone raised for €2
> juarnes2 folded
> NastyDrone mucked
> NastyDrone wins €4
> juarnes2 posted small blind (€0.50)
> NastyDrone posted big blind (€1)
> Game # 3,945,054,377 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards (6c Ks)
> juarnes2 raised for €1
> NastyDrone folded
> juarnes2 mucked
> juarnes2 wins €3
> juarnes2 is sitting out the current game
> juarnes2 is sitting out. If he/she does not come back in 300 seconds, he/she will be removed from this table. If you want to wait for juarnes2, please sit out as well.
NastyDrone> sick rat
juarnes2> i have to go eat srry my man is calling me
NastyDrone> sure lol
juarnes2> we can play again in 30 if you want
NastyDrone> fag hit and runner
juarnes2> you want or not
NastyDrone> I'll be here
> Dealing Hole Cards (8s Kh)
> juarnes2 raised for €1
> NastyDrone called for €1
> Dealing the Flop (Qc 9c 5d)
> NastyDrone checked
> juarnes2 checked
> Dealing the Turn (7d)
> NastyDrone checked
> juarnes2 checked
> Dealing the River (Qh)
> NastyDrone bet for €4
> juarnes2 called for €4
> NastyDrone shows One Pair, Queens, with kicker card King
(Qc Qh Kh 9c 8s)
> juarnes2 mucked
> NastyDrone wins €11.40 with One Pair, Queens and kicker card King
(Qc Qh Kh 9c 8s)
juarnes2> gg now im really hungry
juarnes2> and you cant acuse me of hit an running
NastyDrone> lol ?
NastyDrone> played 10 hands more
NastyDrone> what a faggot
juarnes2> come on man why canty you just be friendly
NastyDrone> sure
NetworkMod210a> Please refrain from using obscene or abusive language or your chat may be disabled.
NastyDrone> give my 100 euros back
NastyDrone> and I'll be friendly fag
juarnes2> chillax mate anyway im to good nfor you you know that
juarnes2> yoiu should be happy i only took 100euro
NastyDrone> sure
NastyDrone> that's why you running lo
juarnes2> yes
juarnes2> because im a good person
NastyDrone> makes complete sense
NastyDrone> you are better than me
NastyDrone> and running
juarnes2> ok dude laters and gl in poekr and in life
> NastyDrone posted small blind (€0.50)
> juarnes2 posted big blind (€1)
> Game # 3,945,063,250 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards (8s 5d)
> NastyDrone raised for €2
> juarnes2 raised for €7
> NastyDrone folded
> juarnes2 mucked
> juarnes2 wins €13
> NastyDrone brought €3 to the table
> juarnes2 is sitting out the current game
> juarnes2 is sitting out.
juarnes2> ok now im really gone srry for al the bs
NastyDrone> sure
NastyDrone> run
juarnes2> i just wanne have fun no hard feelings
> juarnes2 posted small blind (€0.50)
> NastyDrone posted big blind (€1)
> Game # 3,945,064,138 starting.
> Dealing Hole Cards (3h 3s)
> juarnes2 raised for €1
> NastyDrone called for €1
> Dealing the Flop (4c 4s 2s)
> NastyDrone checked
> juarnes2 bet for €3
> NastyDrone called for €3
> Dealing the Turn (4h)
> NastyDrone checked
> juarnes2 bet for €9
> NastyDrone called for €9
> Dealing the River (8h)
> NastyDrone checked
> juarnes2 went all-in for €199
> NastyDrone went all-in for €86
> €113 returned to juarnes2
> juarnes2 shows Four of a Kind, Fours
(4d 4c 4s 4h 10d)
> NastyDrone mucked
> juarnes2 wins €199 with Four of a Kind, Fours
(4d 4c 4s 4h 10d)
> NastyDrone brought €100 to the table
> juarnes2 is sitting out the current game
> juarnes2 is sitting out.
juarnes2> you see
juarnes2> you did it to yourself mate3
> juarnes2 mucked
> juarnes2 wins €1.50
> NastyDrone brought €0.50 to the table
> juarnes2 is sitting out the current game
> juarnes2 is sitting out
juarnes2> gg gl mate im done hehe i was just kidding i wanne play you any time any stakes but for today im done smoked to much
Inside a real Kumite by Michael Schiavello. (click the link at the bottom of the page to read the rest of the article and see the Kumite video)
IN A GYM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF ICHIGEKI PLAZA IN TOKYO, Artur Hovhannisyan stands by a full-length window and looks down upon the streets of Ebisu though his thoughts are miles away. His white gi is pristine and a black belt adorns his waist with three gold bars on the tip (one for each dan ranking). With his shaved head and clean appearance, the 33-year-old Armenian could pass as a banker or an accountant. Indeed it’s not until you see his calloused knuckles and stare into the black abyss of his eyes that you realize who you’re really standing face-to-face with.
“It’s time,” says a voice from across the room.
“Osu!” grunts Hovhannisyan. He slams his fist into his palm, lets out a loud breath and is led out of the gym by two officials with all the solemnity of wardens leading a death-row inmate to the chair. Hovhannisyan enters the tiny Honbu (headquarters) dojo and the wooden door slides shut behind him. The eerie thud of a Taiko drum renders the room silent. As he gazes around the dojo his eyes widen; only now does he truly comprehend the gravity of what lies ahead. On the floor sit one hundred black and brown belts, legs crossed, perfectly postured. They’re bare knuckled and hungry, like a pack of jackals ready to rip Hovhannisyan apart at the limbs.
At 13:00 Kancho Shokei Matsui, Kyokushin Karate’s global leader, addresses the dojo. His voice is soft and melodic, unbefitting of a man who twenty-three years ago steamrolled his way through the Hyaku-Nin Kumite (100-Man Kumite) with a record 76 knockouts. He directs attention to a small altar and invokes the blessing of Kyokushin’s late founder, Sosai Mas Oyama, or God. Perhaps both — though one wonders how any sort of spiritual serenity can exist in the masochistic madness that is about to unfold. Then again traditional Karate is as much a spiritual pursuit as it is a physical one. The small ceremony, precisely worded in Japanese and conducted with complete attentionto detail, seems to still the ego, empty the mind, and raise the vibrational energy of the room in an almost shamanistic way.
I want to change about 150k fpp. Is there a limit regarding what amount I can change using the concierge service on Pokerstars? I know that it can only be used once per month. I have changed amount of 500-1000$ at the rate of 500$/31000 fpp.
One of the best/most important ted speeches i've listened to imo. It is not very for lack of a better phrase at 4AM intellectually stimulating especially as ted speeches go (no new information to anyone who has examined the ideas at all). But damnit the idea is so fucking important in today's world.
Hey guys, I'm landing in Vegas tomorrow. I'll be there for about 10 days.
Going to play a bunch of 2/5 and get out of make up with any luck at all. Been thinking a lot about poker again the last couple of days and working on making sure my game is strong.. I feel pretty good about it.
But I want to have a couple of nights hanging out with mah frienz. Here's the place to let me know what's going down. I won't be online but to check my e-mail for the next 3 weeks so get at me NOW if you want to trade phone numbers n shit. I'll be staying like one block off the strip, flamingo ave I think.. on the Wynn side of the strip. Won't have a car.
I need to know what Moneybookers currency you use for eurosites.
Do you have USD or EURO for your main account?
(so you can transfer back and forth from eurosites without getting hit with exchange rates)
When you cashout from Moneybookers EURO currency to CAD bank account, are you hit with 2 currency exchange fees?
(EURO to USD, then USD to CAD)
Also does anyone have a contact email/phone number for canadians or any email? I don't want to contact them with international phone rate + I cannot access my old Moneybookers account and can't seem to contact them any other way than logging in (which I can't) or calling.
Thank you for the help
(I know that you are allowed to have 2 Moneybooker accounts. So since my 1st account I can't access/get a hold of them, my 2nd account will either be USD or EURO)
HERO POKER CEO’s JUNE 2011 PLAYER’S UPDATEby HeroPoker-CEO, June 06
1. EXISTING PROMOTIONAL UPDATES
Triumvirate Hero $100 Daily – US & CANADA ONLY
“To the victor goes the spoils”
The point of this tournament is that it is only top 3 that pay out and this will not change. It is a daily shot of getting back in the game. Not for the feeble hearted.
-Triumvirate Hero $100 Daily has been modified to include Canada
-Blinds have been reduced to 8mins from 10mins
-Break is now synchronized at 55min on the hour
Tournament Details:
-Client Location: Tournaments: Scheduled: Special
-7pm PST, 10pm EST (21:00 Game Server Time)
-6 handed, 8min blinds (antes), 3,000 starting chips
-Top 3: $50, $30, $20
-Registration: 1 hour before, no late registration
-300 Max Players
2. NEW DAILY PROMOTION
MTT Hero $99 Daily – US & CANADA ONLY
“Heroes make their own Destiny: Go MTT or Cash”
This tournament provides $11 in cash for each of the top 9 finishers.
This $11 can be used for cash games or for a tournament buy-in for many of the daily guaranteed tournaments or as a satellite for the $109 entry 100k Sunday Guarantee. This is meant to be just a stepping stop for an MTT Hero. Players can opt just to use it as cash as is.
Tournament Details:
-Client Location: Tournaments: Scheduled: Special
-4pm PST, 7pm EST (18:00 Game Server Time)
-9 handed, 5 min blinds (antes), 5,000 starting chips
-Top 9: $11 each
-Registration: 2 hours before, no late registration
-300 Max Players
3. GENERAL CEO THOUGHTS
Moving forward, I’ve decided to write these monthly updates as the CEO. While I have no need to do monthly revenue calls or issue public investor updates and take calls with analysts, I do feel that as a young company that each and everyone of our players is like a shareholder for the future of this company. In many respects I think that analogy does hold true simply because the way poker is set up as a communal game as well as the direct issues of player balances and liquidity. That being said, the main focus of these monthly updates will be to give clarification on promotions and market activity as well as my own rational for doing so. Of course I welcome all feedback from our players, but the object of this Player’s Update is more for reporting purposes than an open discussion as there will be areas where due to the competitive nature of the industry I will not be able to comment or invite further analysis on.
Tournament FreeRoll Promotions:
Apologies for the late update and due to feed back, these tournaments are now all synchronized at 55min past the hour. There are a few criteria that I have when making these promotions:
For Freeroll type promotions I want to engage players who enjoy player poker more than anything else. Also, I want the prize to also be worth something. Now for the most part, these types of promotions will make freeroll scavengers quite annoyed, but I feel for the poker enthusiast, it gives them an additional option to practice and enjoy during their regular game play.
So, what I’d like to do is, every couple of months, introduce a new daily promotion and tweak the existing ones. Why I like daily regular promotions is that I want our players to know that any day they feel like it, these online events will be there for them.
To that end you’ll find that in order to achieve this I’ve:
1. capped max player numbers, limited registration period
2. increased normal starting chip size, and
3. created unique payout structures
Engaging Canada:
We will gently being promoting to Canada throughout the summer. In some ways with Stars and FTP focusing internationally and specifically on Europe, our tournament schedule becomes the biggest advantage we have. That being said, bringing value to Canadian players is very difficult because it is very much a pre-Black Friday situation where Hero compared to Stars/FTP is quite mismatched on a client side. But Hero does benefit from all the payment solution options in Canada and as the Sunday 100k continues to overlay each week, we feel that that is obvious EV. Also the two daily promotions are now open to Canadian players.
VIP System:
I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that the VIP system structure is fine, but I will be more exact in the ranges of return. Meaning that I’m going to tweak the rake back equivalent percentages and be as transparent as I can about why and where. There are basically 3 aspects that create the total value of the system: a. each tournament ticket per level, b. divisional class instant cash and c. divisional class play through bonus. Essentially I have guidelines from the new Merge standard VIP system to work with and I think it is very generous at the top level, so I will adjust accordingly over the week. Keep in mind that many of these things could be instantly done, if, I wasn’t also constrained by internal network policies, of course, Merge has been more than reasonable and flexible etc, and I in turn wish to respect the policies in place; so some further creative thinking needs to be put in place. But this has been long overdue, my hesitation was in considering to re do the entire system, but I feel the initial founding principles are still valid, except that they need to be scaled up for more of a mature market.
Concluding Thoughts:
The players on Hero probably represent the highest degree of diversity of player types as we were not focused on attracting grinders. While we do have some high volume players, these players are more attracted to the fact they can email the CEO for mental reassurance that things are fine rather than being in a situation where they are locked out from support with no communication. I think at any time we could run a rake race, but at this point, I’d rather allocate that monthly capital to looking at new markets. Again, players may fundamentally question, why should Hero do this, of course it is good for the network, but why Hero. And I say, for us our value/equity is in the long term and what name we make for ourselves now. As with any network effect business model, once a certain level of growth or development is established, it creates its own ongoing value (virtuous circle: basically good will, will in turn, breed good will). June-August are traditionally the slower months of our industry, but it is also a good chance for Hero to really set the framework for the last quarter of 2011 and for the entirety of 2012. Unfortunately, there are no plans in place to re-enter into the American market.
On behalf of Hero Poker and our Pros: Gavin, Terrence, James, Daniel, David & Julian. We wish you the best of luck at WSOP and an enjoyable start to the summer.
Best Regards,
David Jung
Hero Poker CEO
Cliffs:
-daily promotion breaks synchronized
-new one added: MTT Hero, top 9 get $11 each
-Open to now Canadian players
-CEO general thoughts: just approaching things as if players were shareholders and will do monthly reporting on that end to keep players in the loop from a promotional stand point
all NL50...
since I started playing poker again I didnt had I session like this, was planning to play only 1k hands but decided to stretch it cause I didnt want to end up losing that much.
I feel like I played bad, I can point out a lot of leaks at my game.
I'm trying hard to fix them and hopefully improve a lot my game
saturday night, time to go outside with my girl
poker feels really good again!
GL ALL!
FML at this moments
Looks like i stay at microstakes forever
5 years playing poker without evolution
My backs cant hold anymore sitting at pc
NL25 rakeback pro
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